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10 TENEHEHT UW DEFENDED Commissioner Forest Talks of the Work of rjis Department. Objects to the Amendments Proposed 'in Senator Marshall's Bill Be- 1 Ueves Improvements Have Paid. Commissioner De forest appeared before the East Side Civic Club at 548 Grand Street last evening to tell jof thft-worklnga of the vTenement House tH'partmejit under the sew charter. He fejunded a' liote of warn-; and said that attacks were being mado the foundation jof tenement house reform by legislation Albany. He advised organization and protest against the amendments which it is proposed to make to th law by the bill introduced by Senator Marshall.

"Under the nevj tenement house law. he said, 500 structures have been put up In. the five boroughs and 1.500 old building have been altered. There is not a single room which jhas not more light. The Improvements protect the people against disease.

I The construction and alterations of buildings under th new law have proved a eood Investment fr the landlords In most One building was called to my attention In which; the landlord made substantial improvements In the Sanitary arrangements of his house and raised the rents on eaclj tenant. The people were more than satisfies! to pay the Increased rout for the improvements. Since this department has been organ-lied we have had complaints. Some landlords have complained about 'certain orders for change in buildings, and all their troubles have been chanted to the Tenement House law. For the first nine in the History of the city a specific department has brcn charged with improving the condition in tenement houses.

The result is laws which have lieen ignored for twenty or thirtv years are now being enforced, and the landlords complain. Kvery ona knows about the law prohibiting btables on thj name lot with a tenement house, which ha been in effect fir many year, yet one landlord when ordered to remove the nuisance complained bitterly against-the new jlaw." The -Commissioner explained how many of the old tenements of the east side were ruing way to modem dwellings and said that the sanitary conditions of the old structures were being improved greatly. We arc face to is.ee with legislation aims at the fundamental tenement house law." he this year which principles of the eonimuea. Tenement house reform is facing the most sierioiis situation It has had to meet at Albany. The great bulk of the jeople who are proposing the radical changes do so for narrow reasons, and they are not acting In the interests of the city or the people; Many of these men may be actuated by good motives, but numbers of them are desirous of selling building materials or are Speculative builders, who want to rush "construction to make the money without any Idea of helping the city or the tenants.

I "1 don't say that the. tenement house law Is perfect, but the best legal talent has been at work on the matter. The per-Bons who advocate the change in the tenement house law to take houses for three or four families tout of its supervision are striking at the (very foundation of tenement house regulutton. I am sorry that the word tenement house has become so general in use. It .1 connected with unclean-liness and bad surroundings, and It would he better If thel law applied to multiple dwellings.

The Commissioner told of the difficulties cf carrying out all of the provisions of the law with a small staff of Inspectors In so (-tori a time, and asked those present to 5K mm questions. I The- first was why the Tenement House Department allowed servants and janitors 1 to live in the cellars of houses, when the ccopancy of cellars was prohibited to tenants. The Commissioner replied that ihe evil, when It beeamr distinctly unsani- tary. was under the control of the Health Department. said also that it was a question whether the public would sanction any law which would direct how people thoul.l be housed in a private 'dwelling.

In ther discussion Commissioner De Forest took the ground that the landlords' Interests were not paramount, but that the health and good interests of 'the city were more to be considered, although he said That under the pew law the landlords had found improvements to pav. Why is then, that the landlords are opposed to the i Tenement House Department? an east side land owner asked. If it is good, business for them, why are they all against the law? t'ommissioner iDe Forest replied that he wus convinced ithat the law had been a success, and that the health of the people given better accommodations in tenements. There is another consideration outside of the money imaking for the landlord." he said. It is the healthy conditions which make more healthy people." A questioner wanted to know whether the Tenement House Department was going to wait for comDlaints before remwivinir mil.

nance. The Commissioner replied that arrangements were being for inspections periodically, and that the question jiaa Keen oiscussea muy ana would be car out as soon as the officials of the de. partment could complete the most pressing w-rk which has burdened them. The question -was asked also whether the tenement house law would not congest the oia ana cneaper tenements Decause ol the JnabiHty of the poor people to pay the rents sked. In the tenements put up under the new law.

The Commissioner said that the Improvements in the rapid transit system and the bridges across jthe East River would prob- ably solve that problem and give the people a chance to Sget homes where land is cheaper. A vote of thanks was tendered to tne commissioner for his entertain ment and lecture." ENGINEER DAVIS'S STORY. "The Version Given by a Policeman- Three More Funerals Held in Plainfield. ELIZABETH, N. Jan.

3L George W. Toung, an officer of the Westfield police. has made the (following statement to Prosecutor English, which the latter gave out to-day: i When I wtjnt to the wreck I was going to place Engineer Davis under arrest. The engineer I expected the light to turn white every He also said that he left Jersey City eighteen minutes late. He was Informed he bad a clear track and was told to run Into Philadelphia on time.

He naked for Bami and was told that he was all ngnt. He said: I mean the Some one said be wan aU right, and Davis replied, Thank Ood for tliat. 'I saw the red light. went on Engineer Davis, and expected it to turn to white, but It never did turn white. "He was- Conscious, and he was torn uv-jv.

c- iui ii9 uiuuuu mm ana tanu-fcged iim up. I Tbfr is my first statement. I have not heard -a. statement of unv railrrnt i.frii,i No one was by the engineer at the time but myself. He hud a pair of buckskin feioves on.

lie Kept asking for Sam. I asked him who Sam was. and he replied: He was my PLA1XFIELD. N. Jan.

are ftill nine victims of Tuesday's wreck on the New Jersey Central 'Railroad in the Muhlenberg Hosoital. It was said at the hoxpital this morning that all were doing well, and it- was hoped that all would recover. Fireman McCarthy of the Philadelphia flier, who was very low for a time, is i now improving. The others are also making favorable progress. The funerals of three more victims of the wreck were held to-day.

Services were held this morning at his home for Edgar W. Wllilams.l a New York lawyer, who resided in East Sixth Street, Plainfield. Mr. Williamsi was thirty years old. He acted as private secretary to Dr.

II. 1C. of the Porto Klcan Oommlssiorr. He Iraves a wife and one child. Services were held this afternoon for Thomas Adam Cuming, thirty years old, of Putnam Avenue.

Plainfield, and W. romlinson. thirty-two years old, of Vlrden Street. Mr. Cuming was in the real estate business In New York He leaves a wife and daughter.

Mr. Tomlinson leave wife and tfvo children. The funeral of Harvey Patterson of DuneTlen will take j.lace to-morrtw. Sermons on the disaster will be preached In most of the churches here to-morrow. Sultan of Maclu Is Dead.

MANILA, Jan. 3L The Sultan of Maclu Is deftd from cholera. He resisted the entry of the American troops Into Laurfo uni has defeated jit ilaciu. i CORN EXCHANGE BANK'S Vv FIFTIETH Many Bankers Attend khe Institution's Dinner $50 Gold; Pieces for 4 Employe's. i The of fleers and Trustees of the Corn Ex-, change Bank celebrated jthe flfUeth annl-' versary of the foundation of the bank with a banquet at Sherry's list night, and by presenting to every employe of the Institution yesterday morning wj corncob In which Was a flftvwtntliir 9nM qv.ui President William presided at me oanquet, wiucb was; largely attended by banking men.

At the guests' table with the werj Joseph C. Hendrlz. the Rev. Dr. Donald 6a ge Frederick D.

Kllburn, Wi Aj Davlsj John S. Wise. F. T. Martlri, S.

Marlor. jlllrman R. Smith, S. M. Grlswold.

RL Dela0eld. J. T. Gwath-mey. Stephen Baker, Rujdolph Keppler.

H. James Stllliman. B. Fielding, TABaer E- Burgess, D. Will-lV Sherer.

P. B. Sulllvari; li. Faneher. the Rev.

Dr. E. M. StlNs. Lawrence Dun- e.Wi,CJ tb Rev- H.

Inton. A. Judson, and A. Williams. The menu of the dinner was las follows: iHvltresi' I Potsge Ambasvadeur.

HadtsJ lerl. Aniandea. Alguilettea de Bass R.y Dleppolso. Sell" d'Asneau f.lehelleu. Janibon i Virginia (mix Eplnardf.

Canard Canvswlxirlc. Hominy. lOelwt Mayonnaise. i Glace Fantiiaie. Gateaux.

Fromaite. Fruit. I i Cat, I i vin. O. H.

Mumm's Slwld Krus. Aruillinnrl. IVesluent Nash reviewed the history of the bank, asserting that the institution had made two i contributions to banking, the loaning of money pn warehouse receipts or bills of and the principle of branch banking, lie' concluded as follows: During the hast twtr or three months much of the old-time reverence for bankers has revived Under th stimulus of high rates; On entering our offices the borrower has removed hisj -hat amK left his half-smoked cigar on rtome resting- place outside of the office. Of course with the return of easy money Wie all expect to see them enter full-helmeted) and puffing away In blissful forgetfulnessi of the days- when money was high. The great competition in banking accounts for thi decay of the prestige of bank officers." 1 Others who spoke were Joseph C.1 Hen-drix, the Rev.

Dr. Mackay. F. D. Kllburn, W.

A. Avis, and John Si Wise. CLASH OF MINERS' INTERESTS. j- John Mitchell's Testimony for Anthracite Men Quoted Against the Bi- tuminous Men, Who Want i More Pay. flXDLVNAPOLIS.

Jani 31. At the open session of the bituminous coal miners and operators' joint wage conference to-day the Scale Committee madej a formal report, retting forth that, on the' preliminary vote yesterday the operators voted unanimously not to grant the Increase in wages or changes in standards oil mining' that were demanded by the miners, i Several operators addressed the conference, giving reasons whjy the increase demanded should inot be granted. Testimony given- before the Strike Commission was quoted by the speakers; to show that the conditions In the bituminous fields are better than those In the anthracite field. VrKiiln iff tiaH'a tirKtfmnnv. wda m.

pea ted as proof of thi Mr. Mitchell replied; that while he had said that the bituminous! miners Were faring better than tho anthronfta viLn iit, t.nm. could not be me.de to afpl'y generally, nor capita was mucn otiteir tnan tnat in tne hard coal mines. The entire matter wai' referred back to tne scaie committee, which will meet Mon GAS STOCK HOLDERS SUE. Charge That -Director1 of Four Bosto companies Have Fraudulently Withheld Dividends, i BOSTON.

Jan. 3L Josenh E. Dohertv and Thomas J. Egan. ri behalf of them selves and other stockholders of the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware, brought a bill in- equity In the Superior Court today against the Mercan lie Trust Company aiacvailuq ii uni tuinptiny of.

New York and others, with a view of having the four Boston cas rnmnnnle. or. dered to met the sinking fund requirements and. interest of the Unfted Gas bonds and turn over the excess to the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware. 1 i Damages were placed) at $10,000,000, and the writ for that amount was the largest ever issued In' this Statje.

It was given to Deputy Sheriff Kelly io serve, but later counsel concluded to abandon that course, and took out si subpoenal that will be served on the parties. I The plaintiffs allege that the Directors of lht KtlKtnn Annth Pntirnn Dovkm.1. bay State Gas Companies of Massachusetts winiiieiu irauuuieqtiy tuvidends and 1 1 MrnAd' thai i I V. should have been paid to satisfy the Pinking ani Interests on tho Lnuea uas ponds. The bill will be hearfl net Tnouliv fore Judge Richardson.

I Co a hearinif at that- timi tlce was issued. The case will come up oa u. ymyec ur a temporary injunction. CHICAGO! SELLS CHEAP COAL. Cannot Meet the Demands of i Those Eager to Buy CHICAGO.

iJan. distribution of, Bituminous coal at cost price by the city was begun tO-da V. Hundred of nersona. mainly women, gathered at the City Col lector oince. and at the various points of distribution throughput the city, and It was demonstrated earlj In the day that the estimate or in tons day would prove inadequate to meet thel demands.

A hurried consultation resulted in the restricting of the amount sold to each person to one half ton, instead of a ton as- originally planned. It is Estimated that tons would be required to meet the de- aULauvn. 1 lie scale of prices ranges from to $2.35 We cannot meet thel demand fullv." rii Commissioner of Publl Works Blockl, but with the ami tons we ihave daily we can reneve ansoiute aistress. Doubtless we couui get an Udequate supplv If the railroads t-oilld deliver It im i To Increase United Gas Stock. PHILADELPHIA, jjin.

31. The Board of Directors! at the r.nu ment Company, at its (meeting decided to aslc the stockholders of the com- pauy io niipruvt an tnurease in tne capital stock of 30 ter cent, of the present Issued stpek. or 160.000 shares, with a par value oi a snare, jne present capital stock Pi me company amounts to COLUMBIA-BARNARD DEBATE. 1 i Proposed Test of the -Oratorical Power --j wi men nu. women.

An Innovation In Intercollegiate debating Is being proposed by the Phllollxlan SoHerv of Columbla University! In the plan to hold a debate with the young women of Barnard College. George H. Butfer. President of ,9 uiihiii.w ui mi? plan, nd It is hU opinion that the debate will uts tsiukuivi iiunfc a oasis or ptrlson between the oratorical and argu The subject has noe been hrnarht Dean Laura D. Gill of Barnard, whose permission is necessary before the young women can enter into -any agreement for tne contest.

'J COLUMBIA'S 150TH! ANNIVERSARY. The authorities of Columbia University areconsldering the subject of celebrating next year the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary! of the founding of the Institution by the charter granted by King George York0 VoileKe the City of New The University Council has appointed a committee consisting df Dean J. Howard Van Amring of the college. Dean Robert Simpson Woodwsrd of the School of Pure Science, Prof. Harry Thurston peck of Smith of the School Of Political Science, to rcnort Ubon the tHuiighiiiiu THE NEW YORK A HEW JEWISH THEATRE The Grand a Large and Up-to-Date Structure.

1 1 1 i i i To be Opened This Week vvth a Musical Comedy Entitled "ZI6n "City 1 Officials' rLvited. ij The first theatre In ew York exier erected expressly and exclusively for forelgn-speaktng Jewish patr page of the better class will open Its do rs Thursday night. Otner playhouses, such as the Thalia and the People's, inot built for the Jews, have been leased, and. as ir erybody knows, one may hear In these hot -tea plays iri Yiddish any day In the week, but the hotjse to bo opened Thursday is bi and The theatre Is called the Grand, and atends, a handsome wl ite stone structure of the Renaissance yle now prevailing In playhouses at the corner of jchrystle and Grand Streets. It was built for and Is owned by stock' jc mpany (the Grand Theatre Company) of which the business manager Is Louis S.

tottlleb. I Within, the theatre Is decorated In red and old and prov ides with itk orchestra floor and three bi loonies for jthe seat Ir-g of People. te theatre Is, therefore, a veryMw, on so far as seaOng capacity Is cencemell. while each rioor Is provided wltf lobbies i clobk rooms, and emoking rooms of in usuail slze-ll. like the auditorium, decorated In prevalUng tones of red land gold.

In spite, too. of the ncmber of seats, the VI ew of the stage from almost any part of th house is good. The boxes on either side the sljage upon the "orchestra floor a nd In the jflrst and tecond balconies are our in number, and are especially room; with a pleasing f.rf.,0' tlie ect common in drapery which so often offends the eye in theatres of much grt: ter pretension. The rlnU11 i u'S boxea' buti oi-skv h0 trays in the sk at theCrlterion ind some other play- ZUn P'e Vhlch af-lords only aj view of he top of the actors' iHlin 11 also, that the house wlth xlts. whilefthe manager claims for it a very Derfect svstem of ventilation.

The i aglsulppe wltn a counterbalance sysi em of weights run-iiVi'E. lab "-saving device for iioLs-and snifUnK Hcenery-, which the in Xew Yorkr 8a'l 1 not used jdsewhere Mr. Gottlieb said ye: terday that the -purpose of his company is to lurnish dramatic fotefta'nment for the better class of listen to plays In Je vish-German." as he expressed it. or Yiddish, than to plays in English. The entertai nments he will offer Jf ut.vhei desiF' to Provide a sort or tamily theatre tin many: people who oto Bow theatres will pa-tiZ 'Ifm tFor 'ing Thurslav night "my With a name to tfce Gentile Inlnd lardly suggestive of "ion" the i play is wiled, and 1khV with the Babylonian captivity a id wander ings of icertain per- hw waa written for the Grand Theaht.

Company by Joseph of th! comiP01n Lr- ttlieh exp'eefs to make bis opening a. great event on the 1 er east side; Among IhS of the.hiI hat night will be the Aldermen and As- enblvmen that 2arifr 1PV Mayor Low ahto has been invited to at uAl. 'MARY MAGDAIEkTE' SUPPEESSED BERLIN, Jan. SL-rl heatricai circles here are excited by the i action of the Public Censor of Berlin In rbidding the production of Paul Heyse Mary Magdalene Si Pound thai It la founded on biblical suhieof- At a meeting of unhiirsltv at Kiel Indignation all the Censor's action WOMAN 'CELLO ft LAYER BARRED According) to infori tiatlon furnished by Arnold Dolmetsch, io Is giving in New York lecture-concerti of old music, the Musical Union of thl, jclty declares that a woman cannot play i'cello. and therefore nas forbidden Sam fyanko to play with Mr.

Dolmetsch In cas I Lslstant. plays. Mabel Johnston, his he point was rnls.li previous to the nr. chestral concert whl b.st DaiU The music ren! Vretorl ffr. 2, that he "ohnVtonMls, r.V; KV.2X!K Samoa.

iiuorwnea Mr. FTanko" that iilsa Johnston couldflnot olav iiVh 7 I'8- resembled a 'cello and 'rsxzrw MondTd WjT i Arnold Do mptarh u-iii r'ry' fnrt of musi. Fat' Ablation Half Brooklyn, to-morro1 hight a II STORMY POOLROOM SUIT. NEWARK, N. J.L ian ai Knight, special exa4jner of the Supremo vourv neara testimoiiy to-day in an action brought by Edward J.

Looney of New York to have set as le an order of arrest Issued against him; tecause he had faUed to satisfy a Judgm fit of 00 obtained against him by Jameki Mcuarrlgle. a coach man, of Morristown McGarrlgJeJ a coach vanced the money, claimed, to be out in a drug store. Loon claims he advanced It to be put In a pot I room run by John P. Collins; that the pla proved a failure, a. It was closed by thJ authorities, and that Aicuarrigie then healed and brm.p-i.

auit. When lnnAv f-ill 0 8 to satisfy a Judg-i had obtained for the re? ted. phmvsH nu ment that McGarrigil amount ne nad htm obtaining monev Looner furnished nnr ifLlXi. 1 Justice Garretson fir an order to show cause whv-the nnls-lint ft v. I.r.11 onouuj not wi asiuc.

ii was fin mis that testimony ta-a a talron tA.riav I I Will tana P. Kurnn, Ik testified that he hadl worked in a poolroom' in Warren Street. Xfw' York, which run by Mr. Collins.l kind that McGarrliriA iiuiu run POO was forced to changHthe location to War ren oimi mrougn 1 Jerome activity wanted a partner wh $1,000 capital to in- sequently ilntroduceiliMctiarrigle. who he ninount, ana knew uuu UVill, When Looney tooM the stand he declared that Elmer Klne.

c-fibnaet fnp- had a grudge agaifst him. n.tr was working It out ft taking McGarrigle's case. King admttl.xl he had a grudge wj 1 im mi)-Littrr-iii-tsft or loure a liar: rsouted Looney, "and you know it. If veil at VnrH.i.. wliat yon have said kbout me, It will be hi- itui uwc 3 wp'i ever say 11 1 V.

II, jAummer nnigiu iia mucn oirrioulty In yns oruer w.nneiine nearing was goinc nn a nn rjr-ia it ai 1 i Secretary of Peter's Killed ROME, Jan. 31.4igh. Felix Secretary of St. Pet. fell down tha of his residence to-idhy, fractured his skull.

ana aiea on tne spoil jMgr. de Neckere was Secretary of the Corktegatlon for the Fab-rie of Kt 'Vtttr'n i rrlil. founded to have elrge and take care of "re uuuuiimih ami preservation of St. Peter's and matter relating to pious bequests. The Pd)fect of ih.

tion Is Marlunus. ardinal Kampolla del The Francln H.lLeggett Launched. NEWPORT NEVIS- j- Si Th- lumber 8tatnhlp Ifrancia H. lztl waa launched lt tho i tO-day at 11 ociock. me vessel ia belna built for the jummona Lumber I ompuny of San rnn cluco.

Cul. and will I ply in the redwood iuuiutrr wuuv niunu ne uauiortiia coaat. hr: 'Archer HirillnRdon. Uaunhttr of the President of tii company, uaa the Fponaor. and broke I ai bottle of wine uuon the urow of th ve On th -nv.

ed bv the t) keel for the battlenhlp i I jt vonnecticut, will twt laid In a fetal dill TIMES, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1903. NEW YORK CENTRAL CHANGES John Carstensen and. William J. Wllgus Made Fourth 'and Fifth Vice President of the Road. By the creation of two new Vies Presidencies, announced yesterday, an important Changs has been made in the organisation of the' New York Central Railroad.

Heretofore the men who have now been created Presidents were under the Jurisdiction not of the President of the company direct, but of officials subordinate to him. Under the new arrangement these newly apoolnted Vice Presidents will ntt only report to tho President direct, but they will have a much wider sphere of authority, consequently of responsibility, and Incidentally of credit for achievement. This system is practically the same as tnat which Las been in use on the Pennsylvania Railroad with great- success for several years. The changes were made at a meeting of the Board of Directors held yesterday, and will go Into effect to-day. The changes are as follows: John Carstensen has been appointed Fourth Vice President, with offlcr in this city, to have general supervision of the accounting department and such other powers and dutJes as may from time to tlm- be assigned to him by the'President, subject to the approval of.

the Board of Dl rectors or of the Executive Committee. Mr. Carstensen was born in In this city. He was educated at the Cayuga Lakt Academy and at the Alexander Military. Institute at White Plains.

In 1ST1 he entered the employ of the New York Central as an office boy. He gradually worked his way up until some years ago he was appointed Controller. This position of Controller has been abolished and Marshall L. Bacon has been appointed with office in this city. He will have supervision of disbursement, freight, passenger, aoj generni accounts Another appointment, and which Is con sidered by railway men of greater impor tance to tne future or the rsew 10m Central, is that of William J.

Wllgus as Fifth Vice President, with offices In this city, to have, under the direction of the President, general charge and supervision of all con struction work; to assist the Third vice President In matters pertaining to maintenance of way and structures, and to perform such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the President, subject to the approval of the Board of Di rectors or of the Executive Committee. Mr. Wllgus has heretoiore been Chief Engineer of the road. He was born in IStiS in Buffalo. He was graduated from the Buffalo High School and took up a course In civil engineering at Buffalo and a corre- snor.aence course at Cornell University.

He entered railway service in isKi as a rod man and draughtsman. His advance ment was rapid. After varied experiences In the field he became in IKtO Division Engineer of the Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City, but In 1S)1 he took up the study of electrical appliances and apparatus in Chicago. He was then resident engineer in charge of construction of the Union Terminal Rail way in Chicago.

In 1S he went to the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg, of the New York Central system, and In 17 he was. brought to this city as resident engi neer of the parent road. After that he was gradually advanced until In lHTO he became Chief Engineer. i ATTACK ON ROCK ISLAND. Action Brought in Chicago Denying the Validity of the Reorganization and Charging Fraud.

CHICAGO. Jan. 31. A bill In equity was filed here to-day In the State Circuit Cour. by C.

H. Venner Co. of Boston, through their counsel, James Hamilton Lewis, against the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa- cific-frway Company of Illinois, the Rock Island -Railroad Company of Iowa, the Rock Island Company of New Jersey, the Central Trust Company of New York, and the officers. Directors, and prominent stockholders of those ounts-anies. Including William H.

and James H. Moore. William B. Deeds. Daniel G.

Reld. H. C. Prick. Marshall Field.

Ogden Mills, and others. The bill attacks the validity of the late reorganization of the Rock Island Railway system and the legality of the Issue of S7.V00U.Ouu of the new stock. It demands that the Iowa and New Jersey companies of the consolidation be declared fraud ss created In violation of the Illinois Constitution, and that the Central Trust Company, the holders of the stock and bonds of the consolidated roads, be enjoined from voting the stock or acting as trustees in Illinois; also that the officers be declared guilty of a fraud on the minority of the stockholders and a receiver be appointed for the stock properties. Venner who bring the action, say they represent a majority of the dissenting stockholders- About Is represented in the bilU There has been, it Is said, some bad feeling among certain stockholders of the system since the i reorganisation was effected last July. 'BIO FOUR" DEFENDS ITS BATES.

Deelares That Recent Increases Are Based on Business Conditions. WASHINGTON. Jan. Cleveland. Cincinnati.

Chicago and St. Louis Railroad has filed with the Inter-Stte Commerce Commission a statement alleging that Us recent Increases In freight rates on grain, grain products, dressed meats, and provisions are reasonable and Just and based on existing business conditions and the present increased cost of transportation. The railroad says that the rates were fixed without agreement or combination with any other carrier, were not based on permanent Improvements, and that Itthas made no rebates or concessions since May Susquehanna and Western Official. Henry 13. Gilpin has been appointed General Superintendent of the New York.

Sjs-quehanna and Western Railroad, which ccntrolled by the Erie Railroad. Mr. Gilpin will hfttv hMitnnnriVr Ivft Tc.a.. 11. was heretofore General Superintendent of tne unio division oi tne hlrie Kallroad and of the Cnlcago and Erie Railroad.

His successor in this position will be John Stuart. SPANISH-SPEAKING JEWS. Three Familiet from Roumanla Arrive at Ellis Island. Three Jewish families from Roumanla. rpeaklng only Spanish, were landed yesterday at E11U Island.

Three men. Morltz Moremo Haravor. and Mln- Aleaa. were brought before Allan Robinson. Commissioner Williams's secretary, and Interpreter Ephralm Navon.

who Is descended from Spanish Jews, explained th ease. The families, he said, were the descend-nnte of Jews who had ben driven out of Spain in the reifm of Ferdinand and Isabella, and. settling first In Turkey, WtBulrla and Roumanla. For fKX) yeara they have fpoken only the Spanish languaKe, and they have kept ud Spanish customs. i Civil Service Examinations.

Compctitlre examinations for a chemist of the sixth trade will be held by th Civil Service Commission on Thursday, Feb. 19, and for a stenographer and book typewriter of the second grade on Friday. Feb. 20. The receipts of applications for botli positiora must be in by Monday, Feb UL at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

The compensation for chemist is Sl.31) per annum, and for the stenographer and book typewriter JJU. i 1 1 Funeral of Charles Titus Thayer. BUFFALO. Jan. body of Charles Titus Thayer.

General Superintendent of the National Company, who was kUled In the railroad accident at Westfield. N. waa buried here to-day In Forest V-'. members of the famllv. A.

Vlckers. Genera! Superintendent of the Compaiiy of ChlcaRo. and other company official were present. "(hi7 Rev. C.

H. Rlehards's New Office. The Rev. Charles 11 Richards, D. of Philadelphia, has been elected Secretary of CTiurch Building So-1 Uruay.

nnouncelyet: Th XT i of vaiuc icity in Furniture is fceaetif ully shown ta our exlioit of Himotoa" Furniture for tie Bedroom. Of white enamel aitwal lire, or miplej these pieces offer a chirming treatmeat where cheerfnlaess Headed with simplicity, is desired. Thsi low twia Beds, the Dressiag Boreios. Chiffoniers. Toilet Tahles and Chairs are all in harmony ia thu Coa-ceptioa.

Granrj Rapids Furniture 'Company (Iocorportted) 3 4th Street. West. Nos. kc-ic7. POLO 1 HERE AHD ABROAD First Big English Tournament to be Under American Rules.

What the Hurlingham Club Has Done for; the Game George Gould Buys More Polo Ponies. Polo, as well as golf, begins In England much earlier in the year than In America, and this fact has been brought Into nence recently bv th annntinwrnpnl r. some of the season's Important polo tour namentS by th leading rtiiKa. The Hurlingham Club will give Its open ing tournament on April 18, the events continuing through to May 'J. To American players the results of this event will be watched! with oonxlde rahlA IntArM cause the American rules are to be observed in me various competitions.

This In accordance with tho bolicv doridMt unnn two months ago at an Informal polo meeting in London brought about by William A. Hazard, the Secretary of the American Polo Association, who has been, agitating with considerable success a uniform standard of rules In polo for both countries. Mr. Hazard promised. In so far as he was able, that a tournament would be played In thU country under the English' rules.

The Chairman of the association. Jt. L. Herbert, la heartily In favor of the) Idea, and definite plans will be made at the coming annual meeting of the association, which will be held In April- at the Metropolitan Club. 1 The annual Oxford-Cambridge pole con-test will be played on the Hurlinghani field on June Zi, and the Hurlingham championship cup tournament has been fixed for June 8 to 13.

The Ranelagh Polo Club, which la also ne of the active centres of the sport In Great Britain, will open Its tournament season on May 2, and a large number of club and Inter-club games has been arranged for that month as well as for June and a portion of July. Rugby and Roehampton will also give the usual number of eventa. tournament to be played here under the English rules will be held on the Georgia Court field of the Lake wood anU the date fixed tne coming annual meeting, and it is gyn- lly, that the event "ill be competitions. It will be iSlL irL thl" untry that the na Slven an event atrict-ly under the English rules, but the purpose of this International courtesy in testln the rules of each other's country is to give the players practical knowledge of the dif. lerent systems, and the result niav occa sion certain modifications which may brintr about a unlfotm standard.

ilr. Hazard win not return to America' until next jnonlh and. be will probably have some Interest ng ffatementa to make to the Pol3 AsKCclatlon reeardlna- his to i.7,1.. im isu mii country early in the sason. but nothing d-flnlto nas oten irranirpd nx v.t 1.1 lett.rs to Mr.

Hirbert oh this subject are i-J .11 il a numoer or thtf best would Uke to come, but the difficult la in riin 1.1. tor c-nough good players to come together nr ju me pan 01 some mn -hrtniring over time lor comparatively ahort r.ln ht "hsence of a polo association th.e "urllnKham Club ScU aLihf the this re-i" thsw-me relation to the polo world of the I'nlted Kingdom as the St. Andrews Golf Club does In thftTsprt of the links From time to time there have been- criticisms of this one club rule In both caes. but as the rulings of each club IXZZJfi? establtehe! through the Instrumentality of men who are acknowledged iuJ.eaU.'r" th.T "Pectlve sports, their ejlicts have. usually been accepted as authortty that each of th clubs wields In its special domain well Illustrated this year, tor changes In rules are being made In both polo and golf.

The fat. Andrews rules have already been anJ the chief changes will be embodied In the American code. POLO CHANGES IX ENGLAND. A number of minor changes have been called for In polo, and the agitation for a uniform International system has brought tho Bubject Into greater prominence In England than It has had for several years. The foreign players admit that tho recent contest with th'e American tean has revealed points that It will be well to change in the Knallsh system.

It Is hun-k- ni. bio before international uniformity is reached that each country may adopt some of the; rulings of the other, thus coming to a compromise on the disputed points The Hurlingham Polo Committee has brought about many desirable reforms in the Kme within the last half doxen years. One of these, the fixing of the game at fix periods. Instead of four flf-teen-nilnute nerindu na in has boon highly commendorl by many American players who have -played on Knjjllsn fields. In the ten-mlnuto period no stoppages are allowed, unless, of course I for an accident, but it Is understood that me ponies are to be used ihrnmrh th.

pTloU without chanee. In a fir levvt-inlniit jwrio.1 nere. many changes are oftrn madu jo that a fifteen-minute period will often be strvtchod to twenty or twenty-flvn min-ntea bofor the jfonif rtnjta to atop; John K. Cowdin. one of Kockaway's atav playera and now of the Lakewood Club.l haa Gressed hitfh ai.nreclaUon of the Enir-ih Btem In the dlvinlon of periods Other improvementu made bv the Ifurl-InKhnm Committee arc In defining more accurately the rule for laUt.

In upon the official measurement, and registration of ponlea which are not allowed Jo play until they hnre reached hamU In altering "the penalty for a which ta now a hit-out from between the goal pnta the defending player being free to place themsulvet. where they pleaxe. and the at-tacking aide not to approach within twenty-five yards. Th Englishmen, however, admit that thla rule, a well aa the one defining the penalty for deliberate httrr hind, need further amendment. rUiwrene Waterbury.

In some of the International gnme laat June, showed that a side which may nave been In danger really ralna. in bitting lehlnd. the advantasw of tnrn'ng d--fenae Into attack, and so getting to the ball on the rnllop against opponents who mi be standing still. The result can hardly be called a pcrmltv. has been pointed out however, that the new penalty, whatever It may he.

should not be exacted It the VhII roi behind from another olaver or pony Other small point, including directions to the uraplro. are also under consideration Several new polo ponies will be used br Oeorge J. Gould and his sons this sexson In then- Lakewonl gmea. Mr. VuM now possesses one of the largest stables of polo ponies In the country, among them being several that are valued close to it oto apiece.

He has Just purchased eight more In Texas, and they were shipped last wevk to I.akewood. The ponies were botight from Harry: Tappnn. who has a Urge rsnch sev eral miles from Austin, and he has tui. piled many other polo player with some of ineir net't moanii. ah oi me poni nave been well ruined for months to ftolo, particular attention being paid to quick turning and stopping nbrupty.

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